you have to remember that this happened in a very remote part of nigeria, northeastern nigeria where it's very difficult to act largely because of security issues plaguing that region for many years. yes, there is an element of people not being quite sure of who to trust but also, to be fair, there's also a simple issue of fear on the part of the families, which we know because cnn has spoken to some of these families, they are afraid to get too much information about their children because if indeed it is boko haram that has taken their kids, they could be watching and they could see their children identified and that they in turn could be further victimized. so there's a lot going on here, fred. >> yeah. it is troubling all the way around. we're talking about three weeks now and these 200 young girls and no one knows where they are, what could be their experience and how frightened they must be. isha sesay, thank you so much. of course, we've got more information on this story and the growing worldwide outrage over the handling of this story at cnn.com/impact. issu isha sesay, than